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NITED STATES j PATENT OFFICE.

JULIUS NIEsE, OF ST. LoU s, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO ELISE NIESE, OF SAMEPLACE.

BOX-FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of LettersTatent No. 473,436, dated April 19,1892.

Application filed January 13, 1892. Serial No. 417,971. (No model.)

To a whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JULIUS NIEsE, of the city of St. Louis, in the Stateof Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inFasteners for Egg-Boxes, &c., of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming part of this specification.

This fastener is composed of a metal cord, wire, or rod, one portion ofwhich is passed through holes in or at the ends of and another part overthe lid of the box. The ends of the fasteners have eyes through which awire or other tieis passed to connect the ends together.

Figure Iis a detail perspective showing one end of an egg-box with thefastener applied Fig. II is a transverse section taken at II II, Fig.III. Fig. III is a detail longitudinal section taken at III III, Fig.II, but showing a modification. Fig. IV is a perspective View of thebody of the fastener, showing a modification. Fig.V is a similar sectionto Fig. II, showing a modification of the fastener. Fig. VI is aperspective View of the body of the fastener shown in Fig. V.

The egg-box is supposed to be of the usual form and without anyfastener, except the one to be hereinafter described.

1 is a side, and 2 an end, of the box.

3 is the lid, extending past the box at each end and having a cleat 4 ateach end bearing against the end 2 of the box.

5 is a usual clcat, secured to the end of the Y box to serve as a handleto lift the box by, and

preventing the lid from being thrown up by a blow beneath the cleat 4;.

The fastener has a body'b', composed of the two parallel parts 6 and (5and the bent portions 6 connecting the parallel parts. At each end ofthe body is an eye 6 or other means of attachment for the tie, throughor under which is passed a tie 7, connecting the eyes (or other means ofattachment) together and serving to hold the edge of the lid down atthat side, the bend 6holding the lid down at the other side. I

eyes are connected together by a tie 7.

bent into closed eyes 6, and its ends meet- 8 is a hole made in or ateach end. In Figs.

I, II, and V the holes are bored through the body of the ends andthrough the overlapping parts of the sides, while in Fig. IIIa channel 8is made in the inner part of'each end, and a hole through theoverlapping parts of the sides 1. The holes 8 may be made through thesides 1 close to the inner side of the ends 2, so as to avoid eitherboring or channeling the ends. The purpose of these modifications is toavoid the boring of a hole through the ends 2. The channel S maybecheaply made by machinery before the parts of the box are put together.

The body of the fastener in Figs. I and II is made of twisted-wire cord,a single piece of wire being used, ending at the point 6 the eyes 6being closed return-bends. The This in Figs I and II consists of a pieceof Wire passed through the eyes and fastened by the bending of the wire,or the ends of the tiewire may be twisted together. In Fig. V the tieconsists of a seal of ordinary or any suitable construction. The body 6of the fastener in Fig. IV consists of a single wire or rod 7 ing at 6 I5 In Figs. IV and V the body 6 of the fastener is composed of a singlerod or wire, the part 6 having an eye 6, while the other end is simplybent down, forming a hook 6 that serves for the engagement of the tie 7and which prevents the part 6* from being withdrawn from the hole orbore 8. In this case the fastener is not removed from the body, and inopening the box the tie 7 being first removed the lid is slipped offsidewise.

In the forms shown in Figs I, II, and IV the fastener may be removedfrom the box, if desired, although this is not necessary, as the lid maybe slipped off sidewise after removal of the tie, as before described,relative to the form shown in Figs V and -VI.

I claim herein as new and of my invention 1. The fastener for boxes,composed of the metal body 6, having two parallel parts connected by abent portion, one of which parts passes through the box and the otherover the said hook and eye being adapted to receive lid of the same, theends of said parallel'parts a tie, substantially as set forth. havingmeans for attachment of a tie 7, substantially as set forth. JULIUSNIESE. 5 2. The fastener for boxes, composed of a In presence ofmetalbody having two parallel parts, ahook SAML. KNIGHT,

on one of said parts and an eye on the other, A. M. EBERSOLE.

